Tension-band for baling-presses.



PATNTED MAR. 3l, 1903.

L. TRANNE.

TENSION BAND EOE BAEING PRESSES. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 190.2.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES YPATENT OFFICE.

LUTHER TRABUE, OF GIRARD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE OHIO HAY PRESS COMPANY, OF BELLEVUE,OI IIO, A CORPORATION.

TENSION-@BAND AFon BALltlc-PFuss'ses SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 724,062; dated Maren 3'1, 190e. Application led June 13. 19024. Serial No. 111,439. (No modela) To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, LUTHER TRABUE, a citizen of the United States, residing in Girard,in the county of Macoupin and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvemenits in Tension Bands for Baling- Presses, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication.

My invention relates to that class of bands applied to baling-press boxes for the purpose of providing the requisite tension in the walls of the boX.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure I is a perspective view of the end of a baling-press box withV my band applied thereto. box and band.

1 designates truss-straps xed to the top and bottom walls A and B of a baling-press box, the truss-straps resting against blocks 2, interposed between the straps and the top and bottom of the press-box.- The trussstraps are secured to the top and bottom walls A and B by bolts 3 or other suitable means of attachment.

4 designates links pivoted to the ends of the straps l by bolts 5, which 'pass through ears at the ends of the straps.

6 designates nuts to which the links 4 are hinged by bolts 7, each nut being provided with an oil-reservoir 8.

9 designates adj ustment-screws arranged to turn in screw-threads contained by the nuts 6. Each adjustment-screw 9 is provided with a Wrench-head 10. j

l1 designates pressure-bars adapted to bear against the sidesof the press-box to hold the side boards O inwardly with the amount of Fig. II is a transverse section of the 4 pressure desirable for balirng hay. Each pressure-bar is bifurcated at its ends to straddle guides lla, fixed to the to'p and'bottom of the press-box, as seen most clearly in Fig. I, so that the'bars in their inward and outward movement are held and guided uprightly. Each pressure-bar-is provided with a socket 12, that receives the inner end of the adjacent adj ustment-screw 9.

The operation of this tension-band is obvious, it being only necessary in securing the desired tension against the side boards C of the balingbox to rotate the adjustmentscrews 9 inwardly or outwardly to permit like movement of the pressure-bars 11. The de- Vvice is such as to render the application and down, as the nutsA are held to their places constantly by the links 4, that supportn them. t

I claim as my invention;- v The combination with a baling-press box having yielding side boards, of trussed straps 

